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G. VAN WAGENEN & J. GRAVES.

SUGAR WAGON.

WH% f 1 Q a a J r WITNESSES: i INVENTORJ.

UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

GEORGE vAN WAGE EN, on NEW YORK, A D JOHN GRAvEs, or BROOK- LYN, Ass cNoRs TO THE GEO. vAN WAGENE OOMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SUGAR-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 428,790, dated May 2'7, 1890.

Application filed March 1'7, 1890. Serial N0.34=4,083. (N model.)

To all whont it ntay concern: The invention will be fully understood from Be it known that we, GEORGE VAN XVAGE- the description hereinafter presented, refer- NEN, a resident of New York, in the county ence being had to the accompanying drawand State of New York, and JOHN GRAVES, of ings, in which Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, both be- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a wagon coning citizens of the United States,have jointly structed in accordance with the invention; invented certain new and useful Improve- Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a ments in Sugar-\Vagons, of which the followdetached'plan view of the rectangular frame ing is a specification. which fits upon the upper edge of the wagon 1: y The invention relates toimprovements in and is riveted to the under side of the flange 6o sugar-wagons, and particularly to the class of which emborders said upperedge; Fig. 4, an Wagons shown and described in Letters Patenlarged detached sectional view through the out of the United States No. 391,842, granted body of the wagon on the dotted line 4: 4: of to John Graves on the 30th of October, 1888. Fig. 2; Fig. 5, an enlarged detached side ele- I 5 The presentinvention consists, particuvation of the bracket for supporting the body larly, in means for strengthening the upper of the wagon upon the axle. Fig. 6 is a like edge of the wagon and to the brackets by view of the edge of said bracket, and Fig.7 which the wheels may be attached below the is a transverse section on the dotted line '7 7 body of the Wagon. In the said Patent No. of Fig. 6.

20 391,842 the upper edge of the body of the In the drawings,A denotes the body of the wagon is provided with an outwardly-turned wagon, composed of the'bottom l3, sides 0 C, flange, which at the corners of the wagon reand ends D D, the whole constructed of sheet ceives angle-plates for the purposeof strengthmetal, the meeting edges of said parts being ening the wagon andincreasing its durability. secured by rivets, as illustrated in Fig. 2 and 2 5 The angle-plates at the corners of the wagon, fully shown and described in the aforesaid 5 however, leave that portion of the body of the Letters Patent No. 391,842. Upon the upper wagon between said plates unsupported edge of the wagon-body is the outwardly- ,against outward pressure; and it is the purturned flange E, which entirely emborders the pose of the present invention to remedy this said body, and is formed by turning the upso feature of the construction and strengthen per edges of the sides 0 and ends D outward. the upper edge of the wagon along its entire Upon the under side of the flange E is seedge, in order that it may successfully resist cured by rivets the rectangular frame F, prefany pressure which might have a tendency .erably of sheet metal, said frame extending to spread the sides or ends of the wagon apart entirely around the wagon-body, and being so 3 5 at their middle portions. It has been an obapplied that whatever outward strain there j ect of the manufacturer of the wagons shown may be exerted against the sides or ends of in the said Patent NO. 391,842 to secure great the wagon will come against the edge of said strength in the wagon, and at the same time frame F in the line of its width. to construct them wholly of sheet metal, and It will be noted that there is an advantage 40 in view of this it has been a subject of seriin applying the frame F so that its edges inone thought to so apply the wheels that sheet stead of its face will come against the exterior metal may be used in the supporting-bracksides of the wagon-body, since in the former ets therefor without detriment to the duracase,whichis that illustrated in the drawings, bility and utility of thewagon; and with this the maximum strength with the minimum 45 end in view the supporting-brackets for the weight of metal is secured. lhe rectangular 5 wheels have been constructed of sheet metal, frame F may be made of sheet metal, and

- in the manner hereinafter more fully pointed when secured in position, as illustrated in out in the description of the second part of Figs. 2 and 4, it receives the strain in the line the invention made the subject of this appliof its width, and hence afiords the maximum 50 cation. resistance. A thin strip of metal bound 10o around the wagon-body with its face against. the sides and ends thereof would not probably aiford a very great degree of strength unless of undue thickness; but where a frame is secured around the wagon-body with its edges against the sides and ends thereof, the greatest possible strength from a thin piece of metal is secured and the weight of the wagon is not materally increased. By means of the frame 1 the upper edge of a sheetmetal wagon-body is rendered strong and durable, and is made capable of resisting; any usual amount of lateral strain that may be brought against it.

It will not be necessary to make the frame F entirely in one piece unless desired, since, as is well known, it may be made in sections and the sections then united at their overlapping ends, the result still being a rectangular frame of the same characteristics as that presented in Fig. 3.

The second part of our invention relates to the bracket for supporting the body of the wagon upon the wheels, and this bracket is more clearly represented in Figs. 2, 5, and U, in which it will be seen that the bracket (lettered G) is formed from sheet metal in an outline substantially rectangular on three sides, with the horizontal extensions II extending outward from the vertical sides of the bracket and forming the ends by which the bracket maybe riveted to the lower side of the wagonbody. The ends II and the three sides of the bracket are formed in one piece from sheet metal and are traversed by the ribs I, which materiallyincrease the strength of the bracket and permit the use of thin metal in the construction of the same. Between the ribs I the metal of the bracket has plain surfaces, which permit the firm contact of the uppersurfaces of the ends II with the lower surface of the wagon-bod y, the rivets securing the bracket in place passingbetween said ribs I. At the center of: the lower horizontal side of the bracket G the sheet metal is provided with the concave groove L to receive the lower side of the axle .l' of the wheels K. A cap M, having a concave groove N, is provided to rest upon the lower horizontal side of the bracket G and to fit upon the axle J, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, the concave grooves L N serving to form the journal for the ends of the axle J. The bracket G is made wholly from sheet metal, and, having been constructed in the manner described, is strong and durable, although made of thin material, and does not add materially to the weight of the wagon. The cap M is also constructed of sheet metal, corresponding in width and form with that of the lower horizontal side of the bracket G.

W hat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The wagon-body composed of the-bottom, the sides 0, and ends 1), said sides and ends having at their upper edge the outwardlyturned flange E, combined with the frame F, extending around said body with its edge facing the same, the frame and llangc being secured together, substantially as set forth.

9. The wagoi'i-bod y of sheet metal, combined with the sheet-metal brackets G, caps M,axlc J, and wheels K, said brackets being formed in a single piece with the ends ll, separated ribs I I, and groove L, and the caps having the groove N, substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 13th day of March, A. l). 1890.

GEORGE VAN \VAGEJEN. JOHN GRAVES.

Witnesses:

E. I). MILLER, CI-IAs. U. GILL. 

